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I ran into problems with your combination of OSX Quark 6 and Acrobat 6 also and it took a while to find a stable solution. I can confirm that Export as PDF generally renders an acceptable file but one that is bloated in size. I generally use File/Reduce File Size in Acrobat 6 for a quick size and version reduction (Acrobat 4 so that the PDFs will import back into Quark successfully). Or I use Advanced/PDF Optimizer� for more control over image compression. Because of the error message you are getting it may be that saving your grayscale source files as .eps is creating postscript problems when being printed to .ps out of Quark. My recommendation is that you resave all of your source .eps files as .tif files and try that. Also, there is a check box under Print/Options for "Full Resolution TIFF Output" that should be checked. If in Quark you use "Adobe PDF" as your Printer Description and use Printer/Save as File/Format Postscript as your output option, you should be able to create quick, normal sized PDFs. I now use Export as PDF as emergency backup should everything else fail. Let me know if this helps. on 12/29/03 6:26 AM, Smiley-Oyen, Paul at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Thanks for the quick replies! Let me try to supply a little more > information: > > * I'm using images I have scanned (on my HP x2000 Workstation/Epson > Expression 1680) at 300ppi, cleaned up, then resampled and resized to > 120ppi. These are all grayscale, 8bit/channel, saved as .eps files. > * The end use is to have these pages digitally printed in-house on one > of our Xerox Docutex printers. > * Yes, I have tried printing a postscript file. After dragging and > dropping the .ps file onto the Distiller window, resulting in a > PostScript error: > "%%[Error: undefined; OffendingCommand:distillsave ]%% > %%[Warning: PostScript error. No PDF file produced.]%%" > The console.log reports in the last 9 lines, error [499] *** > _NSAutoreleaseNoPool( ): A variety of (numbered) objects of class NSCFD > number, dictionary or string "autoreleased with no pool in place, just > leaking." > * "Print to file', using the PDF file option, in the Printer options, > yields the same (low resolution) images. > > Finally, Leonard, a little unexpected success this morning! > * Using Quark's new 'Export as PDF'** feature today, rendered the images > properly, but the filesize is HUGE. Quark file is 2.3MB, PDF file is > 87.5MB! (I have used the trial version of a PdfCompressor tool that > gives me a more reasonable 16.6MB file.) > > > **I remember having recently heard users should avoid this method of PDF > creation, as this would create headaches later in the workflow... Was > this information a spoof? > > > Paul > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html > -- C. Scott Miller, EDP Performance Graphics http://www.performancegraphics.com/ Adobe Certified Expert for Acrobat To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdfbasics.html
